Paul Goldschmidt Is on Fire, and Underrated

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Paul Goldschmidt Is on Fire, and Underrated

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by Ben Clemens
June 1, 2022
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/paul-goldsc ... nderrated/
If you’ve watched any baseball highlights recently, you’ve probably seen a familiar face lashing line drives. Paul Goldschmidt has a 22-game hitting streak and 28 extra-base hits on the year, which makes him a regular in game recaps. That frequent loud contact has produced one of those hitting lines that makes it clear that we’re still early in the season: .352/.422/.626 screams “small sample!” as loudly as Dan Szymborski does every April.

Sure, that’s true. I don’t think that Goldschmidt is going to post a .402 BABIP on the season. I don’t think that he’s going to keep hitting homers on 18% of his fly balls while also hitting fly balls more frequently than he ever has, or posting a pristine strikeout rate while chasing more often than league average. But again, he’s hitting .352/.422/.626. He has plenty of space to cool off while still being red hot, so let’s look at how he’s setting himself up to succeed.

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It's time for Paul Goldschmidt Girl to come out with a rap.

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Goldschmidt is a baseball nerd.

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Just saw that. Interesting to see some of the other names in that top 200.

Some one-timers from the 2010s - Pham, Rasmus, Aledmys Diaz, Jose Martinez, Allen Craig

The early-mid 80s is mostly Hernandez, Hendrick and Clark

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